The collection contains photographs of Canadian Pacific Railway construction crews in southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan between 1908 and 1914.
Photograph of the railway bridge in the Qu'Appelle Valley at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan, c. 1914. Handwritten annotation on back describhttps://main.lib.umanitoba.ca/railway-bridge-at-bredenbury-saskatchewan/edit#es scene and identifies man on handcar as Duncan Livingstone. Underneath his name are the words ["ou? or? ori? Giger or Geiger"].
Photograph of a Canadian Pacific Railway crew laying cement for a building in Bredenbury, Saskatchewan. Pictured are 17 men, planks of wood, machinery, grain elevator, buildings, two-horse team, train tracks, pail, shovels, rocks, and sacks. In the background is a building with the word "Bredenbuy" on the side. This was most likely the train station. Handwriting on back describes scene, also noting "Grampa Dan McLean at Breadenberry [sic], Sask 1910."
Photograph of the construction of an iron bridge over the Assiniboine River east of Brandon, Manitoba, by the D.D. McLean crew in 1912. Handwritten annotation on back of photo describes scene. Pictured are 15 men lined up on a bridge, three men standing just off of the bridge, and two men standing rocks/rubble below. One man has a check mark (in blue pen) above his head. He is likely to be crew leader D.D. "Dan" McLean, Don Simpson's maternal grandfather.
The fonds consists of textual and electronic records pertaining to the publication of the University of Winnipeg-produced literary journal juice. Records include: manuscript drafts, publication layouts and prints, financial quotes, promotional material (including posters), donation requests, administrative records, letters of support, newspaper clippings, rejection letters, and related correspondence. The fonds also includes copies of other literary journals in Winnipeg such as Mindscape from The Collegiate at the University of Winnipeg, the Writer’s Collectives’ Collective Consciousness, and the University of Winnipeg English Students' Association's The Undergrad. The computer diskettes and CDs include writer submissions, publishing master copies from a variety of years, and copies of Urban Slices (a limited edition spoken word collection).
The fonds consists of records depicting the career of University of Winnipeg economist and professor Dr. Wilson B. Brown. The 2008 accession includes the Final Report of the University of Winnipeg Fund-Raising Campaign Planning Advisory Group, appendices, and other related materials including memos, contact lists and drafts. The 2022 accession includes correspondence, articles, essays, committee records, class materials, personal records, and a copy of the book "An Economist Writes Poetry" (10 illustrations, 51 poems).
Large dark-brown leather-covered book containing appraisal of The Brandon Steam Laundry Co. Limited (1215-1219 Rosser Avenue, Brandon, Manitoba), performed by the Canadian Appraisal Company, Montreal in 1913. Consists of 100 pages typed; detailed analysis of the laundry including the boiler house, dye house, stable, wagon shed, barn and sewage.
